The average age of a transformer is 42 years, despite a design life of only 40.
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Adding more ambiguity to the speculative fire, ASUS' Chairman Jonney Shih recently confirmed to Forbes that an updated Transformer is on its way, saying only that it'd be very "impressive, " and would be available before CES. Jonney didn't comment on the upcoming slate's supposed use of NVIDIA's quad-core Kal-El, but with the chip's promised August launch date, we wouldn't rule it out.
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The ASUS Transformer Prime is one of those "time machine" devices.
The Transformer prime is probably the best Android tab on the market.
However, if you're looking for a model using Google's Android interface and are yearning for a well-designed, easily integrated keyboard solution, or want to play more power-hungry games, the Transformer Prime is a good choice, as long as you can tolerate its software limitations.
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In its email, Best Buy gave its customers the option of canceling their orders outright, replacing it with a similar device, or searching the product at a brick and mortar location (a customer service rep told us that the Transformer Prime is not in stock).
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So far, the outfit is committing to updating the Transformer Prime, along with the Transformer Pads TF300 and TF700.
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The Transformer USB cable is so easy to use.
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Once, before dual voltage became the standard for consumer electronics, there was plentiful physical evidence of the fact that if you plug in across systems without a transformer, the result is either a flame-out or a non-starter.
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Because of the sweet deal Paramount gives director Michael Bay on the Transformer movies (he is a profit participant once Paramount earns back its production and advertising costs), the studio stands to earn considerably less on the film than it would have with another director.
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Thus far, the process is like that of a Weaver-style transformer engine.
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But it's still worth investigating whether the Transformer Book (aka the TX300) is a compelling idea.
Charles McKenzie is alleged to have rigged up a "dangerous transformer assembly" at his Dundee flat.
If we can get one in to review, we'll take that and our original Transformer Prime outdoors and see which display is easier to make out.
The Transformer AiO (all-in-one) is very true to its name, as like the Autobots, it has two completely different configurations.
So far Main.net is the only firm to publicly claim the ability to push data through a transformer.
The latest filing leaving us scratching our heads is for the ASUS P1801-T, a "tablet" which could be the final version of the Transformer AiO prototype we saw back at Computex.
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Network Rail said a blown transformer at Central Cardiff station at 09:40 GMT knocked out signalling in the Cardiff area but it is not yet known if flooding was the problem.
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